Greetings from Takaka
The witch and I are in Golden Bay for the weekend, having very many adventures and with limited wifi, so you’ll have to wait until I get home to hear them, and to see all the photos.
We went into Latimer Square last night, to the YMCA’s Carols by Candlelight. Bit of a chilly night, with enough of a wind that the candles kept blowing out even with the little protective wind shieldy things they were selling, but it’s always a fun night – I may not appreciate the religious side of…
Mum bought a Christmas present for the kids today – a digital microscope. Seriously cool – we’ve just spent about an hour playing with it “testing it out to make sure it works ok” before she puts it away for Christmas, and it’s been so much fun. We were pulling out everything we could find…
This has been turning out to be quite a busy week. On Thursday evening I went to a craft meetup, one of the many things on my “when the thesis is finished” list. It’s quite a cool group, pretty diverse in ages, if not genders, and a reasonable range of crafts, although of course heavily…
ell, I managed to get through yesterday and even made it to the party in the evening (which was a lot of fun – it featured giant jenga on the lawn, and a poetry recitation by the boss), but I’m paying for it today – I don’t feel all that unwell, but I’m exhausted, in…
It’s after midnight, so once again I’m technically breaking my posting streak, but it’s been a busy day so I kind of forgot until now. And now I’m really tired and would much rather just go to bed than post, but somehow I’ve got myself trapped into this “can’t break my streak of daily posts”…
iving a speech tonight at Toastmasters – it’s my 6th speech, so that means I’ll be more than half way to my first qualification. I’m definitely seeing a benefit from attending (as well as having met new cool and interesting people, of course) – even though giving a speech is still nerve-wracking, I’m getting a…